NASHVILLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Informatics Corporation of America (ICA), a leading provider of comprehensive HIE solution to hospitals, integrated delivery networks (IDNs), communities and states, today announced that they have been recognized by Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine as one of the Top Healthcare VARs. According to IDC Health Insights, growth in implementation of electronic medical records (EMR) and health information exchange technologies will help spur worldwide growth of Healthcare IT spending over the next three years to over $13 billion. As a result, support levels for EMRs and infrastructure technologies have heavily increased, presenting an ideal opportunity for VARs in this market. This first annual list recognizes VARs, systems integrators, consultancies, platform specialists and developers that have taken advantage of this growing market and are seeing great success in the healthcare space.

“Increased regulations and the move to electronic health records are fueling an interest in the healthcare market”

“Increased regulations and the move to electronic health records are fueling an interest in the healthcare market,” said Kelley Damore, Vice President, Editorial Director, Everything Channel. “These 100 VARs saw the opportunity early and are now supplying healthcare providers with integrated and customized IT solutions to meet their demanding needs.”

“It is an honor to be acknowledged among the Top Healthcare technology vendors,” states Gary Zegiestowsky, CEO of ICA. “We are committed to developing solutions that improve operations, communications and quality of patient care across the country. It is our mission to continuously evolve as a company as we reach our goals of redefining processes for clinicians, allowing them to complete patient information in real time at point of care.”

A special feature of the Top Healthcare VARs is in the October issue of CRN Magazine and expanded coverage will be featured online at www.crn.com.

About Informatics Corporation of America (ICA)

Informatics Corporation of America (ICA) was established to take innovative technology developed by Vanderbilt Medical Center to the broader healthcare market and now delivers a comprehensive HIE solution to hospitals, IDNs, communities and states. Unmatched in its ability to yield cost efficiency, improved patient care, and better outcomes, ICA’s CareAlign solution captures complete data to enhance the decision making process. ICA’s CareAlign™ intelligence engine empowers HIEs to leverage existing core systems to construct a longitudinal patient record. CareAlign™ also features provider/patient portals, secure clinical communication, NHIN compliant interoperability, EHR-lite and population management tools. Visit www.icainformatics.com; follow us on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/icainformatics; and Facebook: www.Facebook.com

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